Carlos Alberto Alonso
@alonsostudio.bsky.social
Musician. Designer. Writer. Founder of the Digital Designer Designation. Exploring Innovations in music, design and technology for creative generalists.
This will be my last message on this platform.
Thanks to everyone who’s followed along. You can continue following my work—essays, music, and projects—on:
alonsostudio.substack.com — for writing and thought pieces
ALONSO.studio — for the full creative ecosystem
See you there.
Thanks to everyone who’s followed along. You can continue following my work—essays, music, and projects—on:
alonsostudio.substack.com — for writing and thought pieces
ALONSO.studio — for the full creative ecosystem
See you there.
Carlos Alberto Alonso | Substack
Carlos Alberto Alonso is a Senior Digital Design Director of several genres and content verticals. Click to read Carlos Alberto Alonso, a Substack publication. Launched 5 months ago.
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April 7, 2025 at 5:17 PM
This will be my last message on this platform.
Thanks to everyone who’s followed along. You can continue following my work—essays, music, and projects—on:
alonsostudio.substack.com — for writing and thought pieces
ALONSO.studio — for the full creative ecosystem
See you there.
Thanks to everyone who’s followed along. You can continue following my work—essays, music, and projects—on:
alonsostudio.substack.com — for writing and thought pieces
ALONSO.studio — for the full creative ecosystem
See you there.
Blending neuroscience with the lives of artists who never found their way back: the possibility of reassembly, and the quiet beginning of return.
When the self disappears, what remains that’s still yours to rebuild?
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When the self disappears, what remains that’s still yours to rebuild?
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The Vanishing Point of Identity
There can come a moment when you are no longer the person you remember being.
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March 30, 2025 at 5:10 PM
Blending neuroscience with the lives of artists who never found their way back: the possibility of reassembly, and the quiet beginning of return.
When the self disappears, what remains that’s still yours to rebuild?
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When the self disappears, what remains that’s still yours to rebuild?
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It’s easy to mistake nostalgia for truth, believing that earlier breakthroughs or missteps define the boundaries of who we are.
How much of what you’re holding onto is memory, and how much is possibility?
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How much of what you’re holding onto is memory, and how much is possibility?
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The War Between Nostalgia and Reinvention
In Collapse of the Muse, we examined how artistic identity can erode under the weight of expectation, creative exhaustion, and the merciless passage of time.
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March 23, 2025 at 2:53 PM
It’s easy to mistake nostalgia for truth, believing that earlier breakthroughs or missteps define the boundaries of who we are.
How much of what you’re holding onto is memory, and how much is possibility?
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How much of what you’re holding onto is memory, and how much is possibility?
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Creativity’s got nothing to do with holding steady. It’s all sway and snap, softness and edge. Let the wind do the bending. #creativeproces #inspiration #flow #willows #walks #wandering #alonso
March 19, 2025 at 8:14 PM
Creativity’s got nothing to do with holding steady. It’s all sway and snap, softness and edge. Let the wind do the bending. #creativeproces #inspiration #flow #willows #walks #wandering #alonso
Why do our early creative works often seem more vivid compared to what you’re making now?
It’s not just memory. It’s the brain protecting your identity. Every time you revisit those moments, your mind subtly rewires them, polishing the highs and smoothing over the struggle.
Let’s break that down.
It’s not just memory. It’s the brain protecting your identity. Every time you revisit those moments, your mind subtly rewires them, polishing the highs and smoothing over the struggle.
Let’s break that down.
March 17, 2025 at 2:16 PM
Why do our early creative works often seem more vivid compared to what you’re making now?
It’s not just memory. It’s the brain protecting your identity. Every time you revisit those moments, your mind subtly rewires them, polishing the highs and smoothing over the struggle.
Let’s break that down.
It’s not just memory. It’s the brain protecting your identity. Every time you revisit those moments, your mind subtly rewires them, polishing the highs and smoothing over the struggle.
Let’s break that down.
Creative identities are built on pursuit, not arrival. When the dream falters, the brain resists, processing loss like grief, making reinvention feel impossible. How have you reinvented yourself? #reinvent #creativeprocess #identity #neuroscience #art
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Collapse of the Muse
What Happens When Our Fire Fans Out
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March 15, 2025 at 6:47 PM
Creative identities are built on pursuit, not arrival. When the dream falters, the brain resists, processing loss like grief, making reinvention feel impossible. How have you reinvented yourself? #reinvent #creativeprocess #identity #neuroscience #art
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Reinvention isn’t failure, it’s evolution—proof that creativity doesn’t end, it adapts. When the paths change, artistry doesn’t vanish; it expands. Keep creating. #Art #Reinvention
March 11, 2025 at 12:11 PM
Reinvention isn’t failure, it’s evolution—proof that creativity doesn’t end, it adapts. When the paths change, artistry doesn’t vanish; it expands. Keep creating. #Art #Reinvention
Why does creativity demand reinvention while the brain clings to the past? The Perceptual Blueprint explores how early experiences shape identity—and how to break free. #ThePursuitParadox #Creativity #Neuroscience
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The Perceptual Blueprint
How Early Experiences Shape Creative Identity
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March 9, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Why does creativity demand reinvention while the brain clings to the past? The Perceptual Blueprint explores how early experiences shape identity—and how to break free. #ThePursuitParadox #Creativity #Neuroscience
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TDIL emotions are constructed by your brain in the moment, shaped by past experiences & cultural context. Thanks @lfeldmanbarrett Lisa Feldman Barrett, a pioneer in affective neuroscience, and a native Torontonian rewrites the script on how we feel. #BuyCanadian #Neuroscience #womansday2025
March 8, 2025 at 5:37 PM
TDIL emotions are constructed by your brain in the moment, shaped by past experiences & cultural context. Thanks @lfeldmanbarrett Lisa Feldman Barrett, a pioneer in affective neuroscience, and a native Torontonian rewrites the script on how we feel. #BuyCanadian #Neuroscience #womansday2025
Say what one will about the looming uncertainty of AI in our societies, but I’ll admit that targeted research has gently nudged my curiosity toward a field I might never have explored otherwise.
Thoughtful inquiry can open unexpected doors. #neuroscience #curiosity #ai
Thoughtful inquiry can open unexpected doors. #neuroscience #curiosity #ai
March 7, 2025 at 3:58 PM
Say what one will about the looming uncertainty of AI in our societies, but I’ll admit that targeted research has gently nudged my curiosity toward a field I might never have explored otherwise.
Thoughtful inquiry can open unexpected doors. #neuroscience #curiosity #ai
Thoughtful inquiry can open unexpected doors. #neuroscience #curiosity #ai
Your brain clings to familiar patterns—not just in thought, but in identity.
Early success carves deep grooves, reinforcing who you think you are.
But can we escape our own blueprint?
#ThePursuitParadox #essay #Neuroscience #growth
Early success carves deep grooves, reinforcing who you think you are.
But can we escape our own blueprint?
#ThePursuitParadox #essay #Neuroscience #growth
March 5, 2025 at 4:19 PM
Your brain clings to familiar patterns—not just in thought, but in identity.
Early success carves deep grooves, reinforcing who you think you are.
But can we escape our own blueprint?
#ThePursuitParadox #essay #Neuroscience #growth
Early success carves deep grooves, reinforcing who you think you are.
But can we escape our own blueprint?
#ThePursuitParadox #essay #Neuroscience #growth
Why do we chase beauty? Is it a pursuit of meaning or a hardwired impulse. I'm exploring how beauty shapes identity, fuels artistic devotion, and sustains the myths we create around creativity and success.
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The Aesthetic Illusion
Unveiling the Mirage of Beauty
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March 2, 2025 at 6:02 PM
Why do we chase beauty? Is it a pursuit of meaning or a hardwired impulse. I'm exploring how beauty shapes identity, fuels artistic devotion, and sustains the myths we create around creativity and success.
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Life is perceptively not objective. You are your point of view…
An objective insight from Eagleman’s “The Brain” ;) #paradox #thebrain #neurobiology @davideagleman.bsky.social
An objective insight from Eagleman’s “The Brain” ;) #paradox #thebrain #neurobiology @davideagleman.bsky.social
March 1, 2025 at 3:27 PM
Life is perceptively not objective. You are your point of view…
An objective insight from Eagleman’s “The Brain” ;) #paradox #thebrain #neurobiology @davideagleman.bsky.social
An objective insight from Eagleman’s “The Brain” ;) #paradox #thebrain #neurobiology @davideagleman.bsky.social
Some people take lunch breaks. I like to take sonic detours—tweaking oscillators, sculpting waveforms, and feeding my synths instead of myself.
Creativity is best served with a side of voltage. #synth #creative #sounddesign
Creativity is best served with a side of voltage. #synth #creative #sounddesign
February 27, 2025 at 7:53 PM
Some people take lunch breaks. I like to take sonic detours—tweaking oscillators, sculpting waveforms, and feeding my synths instead of myself.
Creativity is best served with a side of voltage. #synth #creative #sounddesign
Creativity is best served with a side of voltage. #synth #creative #sounddesign
Selective attention drives neuroplasticity.
What we focus on shapes how we learn and adapt. Master focus, master transformation.
#Neuroscience #Learning
What we focus on shapes how we learn and adapt. Master focus, master transformation.
#Neuroscience #Learning
February 25, 2025 at 3:25 PM
Selective attention drives neuroplasticity.
What we focus on shapes how we learn and adapt. Master focus, master transformation.
#Neuroscience #Learning
What we focus on shapes how we learn and adapt. Master focus, master transformation.
#Neuroscience #Learning
Digging into Wittgenstein’s Language Games and how meaning shifts through context. Connecting dots between this and research for The Pursuit Paradox essays—how artists shape, chase, and sometimes lose their creative language. It’s winter. Why not? #read #philosophy #wittgenstein #writing #research
February 24, 2025 at 10:48 PM
Digging into Wittgenstein’s Language Games and how meaning shifts through context. Connecting dots between this and research for The Pursuit Paradox essays—how artists shape, chase, and sometimes lose their creative language. It’s winter. Why not? #read #philosophy #wittgenstein #writing #research
The Pursuit Paradox is a new series exploring art, identity, and reinvention. The first essay, The Beautiful Trap, begins the journey. How do you navigate when caught in the chase?
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The Beautiful Trap
Why We Crave the Unattainable
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February 23, 2025 at 8:22 PM
The Pursuit Paradox is a new series exploring art, identity, and reinvention. The first essay, The Beautiful Trap, begins the journey. How do you navigate when caught in the chase?
open.substack.com/pub/alonsost...
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Dopamine isn’t about pleasure—it’s about pursuit. Desire isn’t satisfied by attainment; it’s fueled by anticipation. The brain doesn’t reward having—it rewards seeking. #purpose #pleasure #neuroscience
February 21, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Dopamine isn’t about pleasure—it’s about pursuit. Desire isn’t satisfied by attainment; it’s fueled by anticipation. The brain doesn’t reward having—it rewards seeking. #purpose #pleasure #neuroscience
Honored to be featured in the new INSPO app out of UK 🇬🇧 Grateful for the opportunity to share my thoughts on the intersection of art, neuroscience, and innovation. Huge thanks to the team for fostering such an inspiring space for sharing deep ideas. #inspo #writing #creative #science #neuro #alonso
February 20, 2025 at 2:17 PM
Honored to be featured in the new INSPO app out of UK 🇬🇧 Grateful for the opportunity to share my thoughts on the intersection of art, neuroscience, and innovation. Huge thanks to the team for fostering such an inspiring space for sharing deep ideas. #inspo #writing #creative #science #neuro #alonso
Our brain’s neurons fire in patterns that shape our dreams as reality. But plasticity is the hidden composer, rewiring, reframing, redefining.
What feels like loss is often the brain adapting to a new version of the self.
What feels like loss is often the brain adapting to a new version of the self.
February 19, 2025 at 4:20 PM
Our brain’s neurons fire in patterns that shape our dreams as reality. But plasticity is the hidden composer, rewiring, reframing, redefining.
What feels like loss is often the brain adapting to a new version of the self.
What feels like loss is often the brain adapting to a new version of the self.
Creativity is synthesis—blending past and present, human intuition and machine intelligence. Generative AI isn’t just replicating; it’s remixing, reshaping, and redefining the art of making. hashtag#GenerativeAI hashtag#Creativity hashtag#SyntheticThinking
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The Synthetic Mind: How Generative AI and Creativity Intersect
What is self-expression? Is it the act of inventing something entirely new, or is it the art of weaving together fragments of existing…
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February 14, 2025 at 8:38 PM
Creativity is synthesis—blending past and present, human intuition and machine intelligence. Generative AI isn’t just replicating; it’s remixing, reshaping, and redefining the art of making. hashtag#GenerativeAI hashtag#Creativity hashtag#SyntheticThinking
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Music synthesisers shape sound like generative AI shapes ideas—blending patterns into something new. Creativity is synthesis. #SoundDesign #AI #Creativity
February 11, 2025 at 4:16 PM
Music synthesisers shape sound like generative AI shapes ideas—blending patterns into something new. Creativity is synthesis. #SoundDesign #AI #Creativity
Great minds don’t just analyse—they synthesise. Creativity sparks at the intersection of ideas, disciplines, and perspectives. #Creativity #SyntheticThinking
February 10, 2025 at 3:47 PM
Great minds don’t just analyse—they synthesise. Creativity sparks at the intersection of ideas, disciplines, and perspectives. #Creativity #SyntheticThinking
Language shapes thought. In this digital age, we need a shared lexicon to bridge music, design, creativity and AI. How do we craft a common tongue for innovation?
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Crafting a Common Tongue
When we speak, what are we truly conveying, and how does our intended meaning shift through the lens of another’s interpretation? Language…
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February 6, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Language shapes thought. In this digital age, we need a shared lexicon to bridge music, design, creativity and AI. How do we craft a common tongue for innovation?
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